Improvement in beating-out machines for boot and shoe soles



C. W. QULLYERQ Beating out Machines for Boot and Shoe Soles.

No.149,723, v Patented-Apri|14,187 4.

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UNiTnn STATES PATENT QFFICE? CHARLES W. GOLLYER, 0F MARBLEHEAD,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN B-EATING-OUT MACHINES FOR BOOT AND SHOE SOLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,723, dated April14, 1674; application filed March 6, 1874.

, blc those skilled in the art to practice it.

In the ordinary beating-up machine, which is used to bring the outersole of a boot or shoe to its ultimate shape upon the last, and to layand compress the channel-flaps, there is a complicated compoundmechanism employed to connect the pedal-lever with the driving-shaft, sothat by the power the main toggle-levers shall be straightened to bringthe platen-former down upon the sole 1 r of the boot supported by thestationary bed,

the workman having often to repeatedly exert his weight upon the pedal,and a great outlay of strength, before he can bring the parts intoconnection for the shaft to operate.

In my invention I obviate entirely this defective construction, bycombining with the main lever, and jointed to its end, a hingedgearplate orperforated plate, into which engages a gear-pinion orstar-wheel on the driving-shaft, and a friction-wheel operated by a ahand-lever, to move a clutch-wheel and bring the shaft-pulley intoconnection therewith, the main lever being connected with the lowercross-head of the platen by a system of toggle-joints; When the boot orshoe is in position, the clutch-lever is moved by the operator to throwa belt-pulley into connection with a pulley fast on the shaft, and theshaft will then be turned, its pinion in turning forcin g up thegear-plate with which it engages, thereby operating the toggle-levers todraw down the platen the operator havingto use no force to bring theparts into connection. My invention consists in the combination, thusgenerally described.

The drawing represents a construction embodying my invention.

Figure 1 shows the machine in sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the. same.

a denotes theframe of the machine b, the

bed upon which the shoe-holdin g last andlastplate are supported, andover which is the movable platen-head c, carrying the mold d, by whichthe last is to be compressed. The head 0 is fixed to two vertical rods,0, extending through the bed, and down through the frame, said rodsbeing connected at their bottom ends by the cross-head f. Springs 9raise the platen to its normal position; and, connecting the cross'headf with the frame or stationary bed, is a series of toggle-links, hi klm, the link t being jointed at one end to the stationarybed, and thelink on at one end to a cross-beam, a, the links h z is being jointedtogether at o, the links 70 l m at p, and the link I being also jointedat its opposite end to a lever, q. At the front end of this lever isjointed the gear-plate or bar 0", having teeth or perforationsengagingwith the teeth of a pinion, s, on the shaft t, the rotation ofthe shaft in one direction straightening the toggle-links to bring theplaten down, and its movement in the opposite direction raising theplaten. This shaft carries a fast pulley and a loose belt-pulley, whichare made as clutch-pulleys, and, to bring them into engagement, afriction-pulley, u, slides on the shaft, this friction-pulley beingconnected to a hand or clutch lever, 02, extending through the frame andup to position to be accessible to the operator, who, by moving it,readily brings the belt-pulley into connection with the shaft-pulley ordisengages them. When the pulleys have been clutched and the platenthereby drawn down, the platen may be held by a hook, a2, hooking upon across-rod, y.

By this method of construction and operation, all the real work iseffected by the machine without drawing upon the strength of theoperator.

I claim-- I In combination with the platen, toggle-links and lever 00,the gear-plate r, pinion s, shaft 25, clutchpulley u, and clutch-leverv, all combined and operating substantially as shown and described.

0. W. OOLLYER. Witnesses:

FRANCIS GOULD, M. W. FROTHINGHAM.

